Musicmusicmusi by Lauryn Jones
I am really particular about my music. I’m one of those people you will not catch without either my AirPods or headphones, nodding my head or tapping to the beat of whatever song I’ve decided is the best backing track for the situation at hand. The amount of music I listen to in a day can almost seem absurd. From mumble rap to country music to original broadway cast recordings, I listen to it all. Because of this constant consumption of content, however, I find myself overwhelmed with choice when it comes to playing music for an utterly uninteresting task like getting ready in the morning, walking down the street to work, or taking a break in class. I used to find myself spending 20+ minutes frantically sifting through my recently played and liked songs, trying to find just the right track. It was in my desperate attempts to remedy this problem of wasting time that Top 10 was born. Top 10 is a weekly playlist curated by me of 10 songs (in no particular order) that I play when I don’t know what to listen to. These tracks have no rules.
These are some of the types of tracks that tend to make it on the playlist--
A song I obsessed over in middle school that I completely forgot about until this very moment
A song that’s been stuck in my head for the past few days
Something my friend told me I would “fuck with to the highest degree”
My favorite track from an anticipated album that just dropped
A song with a verse I want to commit to memory
The cool part about Top 10’s is that I make the playlists public. This means my friends, family, enemies, stalkers, ex-partners, and any other cool people who like music and want to see what I’m doing can check out my playlists and see what I’m listening to this week. Even cooler, my friends have also started making their own Top 10’s. For example, one of my friends updates weekly like me, another one updates whenever they have time, and another one does 10 albums rather than songs (updated every month or so).
Honestly, it’s a really cool way to get into new music, get reintroduced to tracks you used to really like, or, at the very least, do something fun and creative with and for yourself every now and then. If you try it out, DM me on Instagram or Twitter (@suplauryn on both platforms) and I’ll give it a listen!
This Week’s Top 10 (On Apple Music: @suplauryn & Spotify: @joneslauryn) --
Warm Enough by Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment feat. Noname and JCole
Drop the Game by Flume feat. Chet Faker
SOMETHINGSIHATE by Malik Elijah
Thank You by Dido
Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett feat. The Crypt Kickers and Bobby Pickett
NEMO! by JPEGMAFIA
Self Love by MAVI
SWEETBABYRAE by stoop lee
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Thriller - Single Version by Michael Jackson